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Highway safety law increases penalties for passing school buses
Staff report Tim Fuqua remembers clearly his most terrifying moment as a Missouri school bus driver. Stopping to pick up a smiling autistic third-grade boy, Fuqua noticed an 18-wheeler cresting the hill about 150 yards away. There was no way the truck could stop. All he could do was hope the boy remembered to not…
Community Living
DONNA ERICKSON'S BEST BITES: Bake apple tarte tatin
By Donna Erickson Here’s a simple name game to play with your kids as you prepare this treat: Think of food and recipes named after people. There’s Melba toast named after Nellie Melba, a famous Australian opera singer from the 19th century; oysters Rockefeller; fettuccine Alfredo; and of course Granny Smith apples! Her apple is…
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Gallery | Green and White Scrimmage
Smithville football Green and White Scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 15.
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Shoal Creek Living History Museum celebrates Pioneer Day of 1866
CLAY COUNTY — The Shoal Creek Living History Museum, 7000 NE Barry Road, will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. The volunteers will look at the year 1866. Artisans will be demonstrating their skills; buildings will be open for viewing with a few available to enter; skits relating to events…
Opinion
Time to set bitterness aside
We humans have the ability to file both negative and positive experiences in our memory banks. The negative sometimes produce bitterness, a condition someone tagged a “saboteur of the spirit.”